LG’s new OLED TV lineup mostly flat

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LG has expended its OLED TV lineup which deliver the best picture quality of any TV.

The first thing to know about LG’s OLED TV lineup in 2016, which was shown off at CES in Las Vegas, is that they’ll all have basically identical picture quality, which LG claims is a bit better than the 2015 versions we liked so much.

The new image quality specifications don’t seem important enough to cause buyers’ remorse for many 2015 OLED owners, however.

The second is that they’ll mainly be differentiated by styling. The highest-end model, the G6 (available in 77- and 65-inch sizes), has a sleek detachable speaker bar that can be mounted behind the TV when wall-mounted.

Both it and the step-down E6 (55- and 65-inches) have LG’s slimmest design yet, “panel-on-glass” that measures just 2.57 millimeters (one-tenth on an inch) thick.

Meanwhile the lesser models, the C6 and the B6, are very similar to the 2015 EG9600 and EF9500. The former has a curved screen (the only curved OLED TV in LG’s 2016 stable) and the latter a flat one. For some reason LG has dropped 3D capability from the flat B6, however. Both series come in 55 and 65-inch sizes.

Finally, the sole non-4K set will continue to be the 55EG9100, a carryover from 2015.